A couple of interesting comic-related news stories coming out today:
Apparently, the big news is the iPad. I know this because last night, I couldn’t friggin’stop talking about it and how this is Apple’s sneaky endgame — which started with the iPod — to steal market share away from Microsoft by focusing on computer items that are not traditionally lumped under the “computer” category. And now they’ve developed something that is kinda a laptop but kinda not. Folks: this is why Steve Jobs is an evil genius.
Brigid Alverson has done an incredible job of collecting several iPad-related articles over at Paperless Comics. I advise you to check them all out, especially NPR’s grand proclamation that the iPad is going to save comics.
In unrelated news, The Beat is going to soon be leaving the Publisher’s Weekly umbrella. Remember to update your links to this excellent comic book news resource.
Is it going to write them better?
Oh my God yes. I think there’s going to be an iPad app that reverse engineers the greatest works of literature to create new comics. I personally can’t wait for “The Scarlet Musketeer of Notre Dame meets Superman.”
I bet that if you go through all the golden age Superman comics, you’ll eventually find exactly that story.